I switched from NG to Army active (served active before that in the Marine Corps) and I was an old cat. I cannot believe it is going on ten years when I started that process (MEPs, talking to an AD recruiter, etc). I re-classed as a military policeman, when to Fort Leonard Wood for two months training and received orders to the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell, KY.

As Paralegal could testify to, PT there is high-speed and high-caliber with a bunch of hooah schools (Air Assault, Pathfinder, RIP (the older name), SPIES/FRIES, etc). I was in decent shape in the Guard but we never did a four mile group run with any of my Guard units (Yes, I have done many longer runs before that when I was in the Marines). But even when I was in PLDC and BNCOC in the Guard; I never ran that far. I ran far on my own personal time. Anyway, at the 101st, I saw NCOs grabbing stragglers by their T-shirts when they appeared to be falling out, dragging them and forcing them to run at a full sprint. When I got to the 101st Replacement Company, it was high-speed PT from day 1. Since you are young, you should get in shape in no time; even though I have seen some young, fit looking soldiers that still have problem with PT.

Now that was the 101st. Not every active unit is like that. I am with the 4th Infantry Division and they do intense PT but not the same as the 101st (My opinion from my observations). Also, in 2007, I was selected for Warrant Officer Candidate School and at that time, I was an MP on PSD duty, so basically from 2007 to now, I been PTing on my own and have rarely showed up for a formation. But as an enlisted (usually 1SG/E-7 and below), you are expected to be at formations at all times. And those accountability formations which are daily are held at 0630. Now, some places, they are making the officer staff show up to formation. When I was in Germany, for the 3.7 years I was stationed there, I never showed up for a morning formation. Just at first work call which was 0830.

But yes, you could have done a search because out of my 2100 posts; over 800 of them has told this exact story. haha.